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Originally Posted by GGG
I’ve changed my view on this over the years. An increased police presence to make perceived safety higher will increase ridership which increases actual safety. It also reasonable to move these issues away from major commuting areas.
It certainly doesn’t solve a homeless/drug/mental illness problem. It does move the problem which will increase perceived and therefore ridership.
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I suppose. Never saw anybody being threatened or bothered by homeless people on the trains or platforms during commuting hours myself, so the improved safety angle seems a little much.
I don’t even think that is what is causing ridership lows. We have a system that is downtown weekday commuter focused. Ridership is low outside those periods because the service is reduced. 5 or so minutes between trains in the morning or afternoon rush is great. Outside those hours it’s less compelling especially when you have free parking after 6, why would you take transit at $7.20 per person for a roundtrip.
*if* somehow the result of the security presence is more ridership and it leads to better service then I’m all for that.